Getting ready for the opera
10:15am Tuesday 15th May 2012
THE Janice Thompson Performance Trust is providing free choral workshops at five schools to form a junior choir for Swindon: The Opera.
Thu, 17th May 2012
Tribute to the Big O
4:54pm Thursday 10th May 2012
Barry Steele presents his all live spectacular multi-media tribute to The Big O, featuring classic Orbison hits, at Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre on Friday, May 25. The show stretches from the 1960s right through to the late 1980s when Roy joined a band of men, who called themselves The Traveling Wilbury’s.
Sounds around town with Dave Franklin
4:21pm Thursday 10th May 2012
There is a bit of a coup up at The Victoria tonight when none other than Jazz Morley is the headline act.
Irish folk favourites
4:15pm Thursday 10th May 2012
Two young, enterprising musicians, Finbar and Eddie Furey, started performing Irish folk songs when they were just nine-years-old, busking on trains when they went to football matches or the race course.
Opera to the masses
4:19pm Thursday 10th May 2012
THE first of this summer’s BP Big Screen performances can be seen at Wharf Green next Thursday, when Puccini’s La Bohème is shown live from London’s Royal Opera House.
Enjoy a tasty treat and help save Mela
9:21am Thursday 10th May 2012
A RESTAURANT owner is helping to raise funds for the Swindon Mela.
Get your skates on for roller disco fun
9:20am Thursday 10th May 2012
FAMILIES can get their skates on tomorrow as the cult of the Roller Disco comes to town.
Choir links up with big band
9:24am Wednesday 9th May 2012
Two of Swindon’s most talented local groups will perform for the Wyvern Theatre Foundation on June 30.
Thousands join party at 13-hour DJ event
9:00am Tuesday 8th May 2012
THOUSANDS of music lovers descended on the town centre for the third SN1 Fest.
Psst! Have you heard the rumours about Fleetwood Mac?
12:32pm Thursday 3rd May 2012
Rumours was one of the defining albums of the 1970s, a much loved musical journey created by blues super group Fleetwood Mac.
Sounds around town with Dave Franklin
12:36pm Thursday 3rd May 2012
Laid low by a mystery bug over the weekend I found myself lifeless, crashed on the sofa and, in my less-than-lucid state, watching Britain’s Got Pop Factor, or whatever the current re-hashing of Opportunity Knocks is called.
Back to try again
12:28pm Thursday 3rd May 2012
FANS of singer and rapper Example will finally get to see their idol on Sunday when he returns to Swindon to play a rescheduled gig.
Forget playing on the old banjo it's ukuleles that are topping the bill
5:47pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Ukulele playing has become increasingly popular, and a new amateur group was formed last year in Ashton Keynes, between Swindon and Cirencester. They are a mixture of ages and skills, ranging from complete beginners to slightly more experienced players. They are now looking for more members. Don't worry if you don't have a ukulele, as they are more than happy to let you try out their Ukes before you buy one. If you don't play but would like to go along and sing - then they would welcome singers too. They are a very friendly small group, more concerned with enjoyment than being technically brilliant. All the local music shops have good ukuleles from about £29. So it's a very cheap way of playing some fun music.
Doors open for The Doors Alive
5:43pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012
The Doors Alive are a British tribute band widely regarded as one of the closest and most enthralling representation of the legendary 1960's rock gods The Doors in the world today.
Festival gives charity a boost
2:56pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012
A BOOST has been given to a charity for adults with learning disabilities thanks to the Old Town Festival Committee.
Swindon bands urged to enter national battle of the bands
9:43am Friday 27th April 2012
The hunt is on for a new star as Battle of the Bands South Coast gets underway and Swindon musicians are invited to brush up their fretwork and enter the national competition.
Sounds around town with Dave Franklin
3:59pm Thursday 26th April 2012
One of the things I love about the more serious and creative side of music (as opposed to the famous for 15 seconds, in it for the quick buck, types) is that it’s interesting to chart the family trees and watch the complex career paths of musicians who inspire you, if you are some sort of music geek that is.
Old favourites drift in for some good ole rock 'n' roll
10:07am Thursday 26th April 2012
During 58 years of peddling their close harmony pop more than 60 singers have drifted though the band that brought us such classics as Up On The Roof, There Goes My First Love, Saturday Night At The Movies and Kissing In The Backrow.
Prince Charming back on stage with some Antmusic
9:48am Thursday 26th April 2012
EIGHTIES pop legend Adam Ant will be performing at the Wyvern Theatre on July 26.
Review: Men with a Message, The Lamb, Devizes
9:50am Wednesday 25th April 2012
The Lamb was packed out last Saturday for an acoustic show, with people occupying the room from the performance area to out the door. What was all the fuss about? Sheer Music brought the best performers from around the Wiltshire area as well as political singer songwriter Chris T-T.